[Debconf-team] Fwd: Re: [Debian-NYC] Press Release
Someone has generously offered some models. I think we are pretty set
with the first one that Brian has offered but some of the other
iterations may help for the future.
I have made some changes to the current whiteboard press release and
will reply to your other post about them. They are minor but I do have
one question.
Biella
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Debian-NYC] Press Release
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:06:22 -0400
From: Pamela Lynn Howell <pamelahowell@gmail.com>
To: Gabriella Coleman <biella@nyu.edu>
CC: Brian Gupta <brian.gupta@brandorr.com>
All-
Sorry for the delays. I was working on another project and didn't see
your response til now.
In the interest of giving you what I've got, pronto...I'm just copying
and pasting them in chronological order, inside this message. I am
relatively certain, given the cooperative nature of our conference
process, that my organizer pals at LOPSANJ wouldn't mind me giving you
access, but the way our archive is structured at the moment, I'd have to
get you lopsanj.org <http://lopsanj.org> logins to have the link to our
googledocs share.
So...unfortunately, here's a VERY long message. The more professionally
created and group-reviewed releases are towards the bottom. I like #5
the best, myself.
Good luck with your conference! Not sure if I will make it...but I just
might. 8-) And hey, if another set of eyes is helpful during your
process, feel free to forward - I should be online most all day+eve Monday.
---pam 908.432.5854
p.s. I had a lot of fun putting my press release up on the free
'myprgenie.com <http://myprgenie.com>'...you can check the release i
liked out here:
http://www.myprgenie.com/publication/view_publication/new-jersey-it-conference-will-save-business-a---million-dollars-in-training-costs-and-save-300000-lbs-of-co2?caller=Publication
***Release #1***
Press Release
LOPSA-NJ Launches Professional IT Community Conference for IT
Administrators
Convention scheduled for May 7th and 8th at the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick
/ Princeton, NJ/, January 25, 2010 – Despite the down economy, things
are heating up for New Jersey's fledgling IT community. Professional
computer and network system administrators from startups, century-old
corporations and the public sector are gathering for a 2-day conference
of training and community.
The New Jersey chapter of the League of Professional System
Administrators, an organization dedicated to facilitating information
exchange pertaining to the field of system administration, announced
today that it is launching the Professional IT Community Conference, or
PICC, for IT administrators. The conference will be held Friday, May 7th
through Saturday, May 8th at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick.
The Professional IT Community Conference is a gathering of people from
the diverse IT community in New Jersey to learn, share ideas, and
network. The conference will include invited speakers and keynotes,
top-notch training sessions that are relevant, useful, and
recession-friendly, as well as an “unconference” track where attendees
propose and host their own topics.
LOPSA-NJ organizer and PICC Chairman William Bilancio said, “This
conference will be the area's premier community-organized system
administration event, and we're looking forward to hosting IT
administrators, regardless of their operating systems or infrastructure
complexity.”
New Jersey-local and internationally recognized author and speaker
Thomas A. Limoncelli remarked, “I've benefited greatly from other
regional and national conferences like this. People come for the
excellent technical training but the benefits of networking last
forever. I'm excited about seeing the New Jersey technical IT community
coming together. This conference has particular benefits for people that
will be connecting to the technical community for the first time.”
"Non-profit, community driven conferences are your best IT training
value", said Pamela Howell, conference organizer and CEO of New
Jersey-based Esoteric Resources. "There's nothing quite like the
networking opportunities at an in-person conference. The sense of
community one has, of being in a place where you're among your peers,
people who understand you - your work issues and how they can affect
your everyday life - it's irreplaceable. That's why we wanted to bring a
more affordable conference experience to the local level, so that
everyone can participate."
LOPSA-NJ and the Professional IT Community Conference are dedicated to
fostering our local expert community and strengthening tomorrow's
computing infrastructure.
For Media Inquiries:
****Release #2****
Press Release
LOPSA-NJ Announces Speakers and Opens Registration for Professional IT
Community Conference
Internationally recognized speakers headline New Jersey-based event
New Brunswick, NJ, February 21, 2010 – The Professional IT Community
Conference is a regional event, but that isn't stopping internationally
known speakers from appearing and presenting their vision of System
Administration. The headliners of this event have varied backgrounds and
experiences, but all are looking forward to sharing their thoughts on an
array of topics.
Scheduled for May 7^th and 8^th , the two day event will feature three
keynote addresses. Renown speakers and sysadmins David Blank-Edelman and
New Jersey-native Thomas A. Limoncelli join IBM research staffer Eben
Haber in presenting keynotes to conference attendees.
Opening the conference on Friday will be David Blank-Edelman.
Blank-Edelman is the author of “Automating System Administration with
Perl”, and has spent the past 25 years as a system/network administrator
in large multi-platform environments including Brandeis University,
Cambridge Technology Group, and the MIT Media Laboratory. He is
currently the Director of Technology for Northeastern University CCIS.
His keynote will focus on how system administrators are portrayed in
popular culture.
Thomas A. Limoncelli is scheduled for the Saturday morning keynote, and
will be using material from an unpublished, unannounced fifth book to
describe the top techniques for building a smooth operation in terms of
infrastructure designs that “route around” problems, as well as building
a community of peers for support. Limoncelli is the author of several
books on the topic of system administration, and lives in New Jersey
while commuting to his employer, Google, in New York City.
The closing keynote address is a special treat! Eben M. Haber, a staff
member at the IBM Research laboratory in Almaden, California, 55 miles
southeast of San Francisco. Since 2002, Eben has been part of a group of
researching working to learn more about system administration tools and
practices. Drawing inspiration from luminaries such as Margaret Mead and
Diane Fossey, they observe system administrators in their natural
habitat, record their actions using video cameras, and conduct face to
face interviews. Haber will be discussing the world of system
administration from an outsider's perspective, and highlighting the
findings his team discovered. It is sure to be both entertaining and
enlightening!
Registration for the conference is now open to the public, with two
options available. A full conference and training pass is $474, although
an “Early Bird” discount price of $399 is available until March 15^th ,
while a conference-only pass (sans access to the special training track)
is $249. In addition, user-group and corporate discounts for groups of 4
or more people receive an additional 10% discount. Considerable
discounts are also available for current students in limited quantities.
To register for the 2010 Professional IT Community Conference, go to
http://picconf.org <http://picconf.org/> and click on Register.
****Release #3****
Press Release
LOPSA-NJ Extends Early Bird Pricing by One Week
Discounted fee schedule ends Sunday, March 21st
/New Brunswick, NJ/, Today 42, 2010 – The Professional IT Community
Conference early bird registration prices have been extended for one
week, in order to assist area administrators who have been hit with the
economic downturn. This short term rate reduction ends Sunday, March
21st. Until that time, the price for the two-day conference is $249, or
$399 for the conference and training. Special low prices are available
for students, as well, with conference and training only $99.
The New Jersey chapter of the League of Professional System
Administrators, an organization dedicated to facilitating information
exchange pertaining to the field of system administration, extended the
reduced rate "early bird" registration, citing their desire to ensure
that all area system administrators had a chance to take part in the
conference. The significantly reduced pricing schedule has been designed
to appeal to administrators from infrastructures of all sizes. The
conference will be held Friday, May 7th through Saturday, May 8th at the
Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick.
The Professional IT Community Conference is a gathering of people from
the diverse IT community in New Jersey to learn, share ideas, and
network. The conference will include invited speakers and keynotes,
top-notch training sessions that are relevant, useful, and
recession-friendly, as well as an “unconference” track where attendees
propose and host their own topics.
LOPSA-NJ and the Professional IT Community Conference are dedicated to
fostering our local expert community and strengthening tomorrow's
computing infrastructure.
For Media Inquiries:
****Release #4****
Press Release
LOPSA-NJ Woos Windows Admins with Key Classes and Giveaways
/New Brunswick, NJ, March 30, 2010/ – The Professional IT Community
Conference schedule (available online at http://www.picconf.org) serves
as the latest proof that the League of Professional System
Administrators is working hard to build a coalition of IT administrators
from infrastructures of all types. Microsoft Windows admins have been
signing up in droves for the conference, which features classes and
talks for everyone, including topics such as Powershell.
The conference will be held Friday, May 7th through Saturday, May 8th at
the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick. Registration packages start at $249.
The conference brings to the area speakers and presentations usually
only seen at national and international conferences. Travel is the
biggest expense of attending such conferences. By bringing the speakers
to New Brunswick, area IT workers can save thousands.
http://tinyurl.com/comparepicc
The New Jersey chapter of the League of Professional System
Administrators, an organization dedicated to facilitating information
exchange pertaining to the field of system administration, announced
today that every person in attendance will receive a free, no strings
attached, license of Admin Arsenal, a nearly one thousand dollar value.
(Other perks include a conference bags, a 2G USB thumb drive, and maybe
some surprises).
The Professional IT Community Conference is a gathering of people from
the diverse IT community in New Jersey to learn, share ideas, and
network. The conference will include invited speakers and keynotes,
top-notch training sessions that are relevant, useful, and
recession-friendly, as well as an “unconference” track where attendees
propose and host their own topics.
Conference chair, William Bilancio, had this to say, regarding the
conference, "I'm very excited to be helping to organize a conference
that has such a great potential to help sysadmins no matter their
specialty." Mr. Bilancio has been a volunteer and member of LOPSA for
several years. "Of all thing things administrators can do to increase
their skill sets, taking an active role in the community and attending
events like PICC are among the most important. Non-profit, regional
community conferences are your best training value."
LOPSA-NJ and the Professional IT Community Conference are dedicated to
fostering our local expert community and strengthening tomorrow's
computing infrastructure.
For Media Inquiries:
****Release #5****
New Jersey IT Conference Will Save Business a Half Million Dollars in
Training Costs and Save 300,000 lbs of CO2
Local System Administrators bring national quality speakers to Metro Area
New Brunswick -- April 12, 2010 / (http://www.myprgenie.com) -- PICC,
the Professional IT Community Conference, is the NY & NJ Metro areas'
first IT conference committed to local and sustainable goals.
PICC 2010 is on May 7-8th in New Brunswick, NJ and is produced by The
League of Professional System Administrators (LOPSA, a nonprofit
corporation), with many community partners: LUG/IP, BBLISA and
NYLUG.org, as well as a number of commercial sponsors including small
and large businesses including Symantec(TM) and NetApp(TM).
Details at http://picconf.org.
Local is Sustainable.
Society has learned that local can be better. PICC is the first local IT
conference with nationally-known speakers and session leaders.
Conferences in California or Hawaii can be really exciting but they can
cost a lot of money, harm the environment, separate families and waste
several days in travel time. Staying close to home can be more rewarding
and sustainable by keeping work productivity up while providing great
opportunities to learn and network without separating families. Local
conferences have less impact on the businesses that are sending their
staff, businesses can send more members of their IT team, and the team
members who attend do not have their home lives disrupted. Local
conferences also keep local business dollars locally helping to sustain
the metro area economy. A strong local IT community will also help keep
IT jobs from going overseas.
Local is Affordable - 2 day Conference for only $249 -- Food Included.
In the case of PICC, local especially means local pricing. Typical
attendees of PICC will save $3,415.00 while also helping to save the
planet and help the local IT community develop and sustain itself
through networking, professional training and education.
$1/2 Million in Savings
Driving 200 miles in your new Prius or taking NJ Transit PIC on May 7 &
8th would produce less than 100 lbs CO2, yet a national conference trip
from JFK to San Francisco or Hawaii could produce 1,611 to 3,600 lbs
CO2; A typical conference with 150 attendees could save more than .5
million dollars and 300,000 lbs of C02 (depending on location).
Compare then decide: http://lopsanj.org/events/picc10/save-money-now
PICC 2010 Details
May 7 and May 8, 2010
Hyatt Regency New Brunswick
Two Albany Street (Entrance is near corner of "Neilson St & Church St")
New Brunswick, New Jersey
USA 08901
Links
For Conference content:
http://lopsanj.org/events/picc10/overview
For Conference registration:
http://lopsanj.org/events/picc10/registration
****Release #6****
Press Release
Online Registration to New Jersey SysAdmin Conference Ends Soon
/New Brunswick, NJ, April 19, 2010/ – The New Jersey chapter of the
League of Professional System Administrators (LOPSA) wants to remind
everyone that online registrations for the Professional IT Community
Conference (PICC - http://www.picconf.org) will be considered "last
minute registrations" after May 1st, 2010. At that point, registrations
will still be accepted, although for a higher fee to cover additional
administrative costs.
The conference will be held Friday, May 7th through Saturday, May 8th at
the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick. Registration packages start at $249.
The conference brings to the area speakers and presentations usually
only seen at national and international conferences. Travel is the
biggest expense of attending such conferences. By bringing the speakers
to New Brunswick, area IT workers can save thousands.
http://tinyurl.com/comparepicc
The Professional IT Community Conference is a gathering of people from
the diverse IT community in New Jersey to learn, share ideas, and
network. The conference will include invited speakers and keynotes,
top-notch training sessions that are relevant, useful, and
recession-friendly, as well as an “unconference” track where attendees
propose and host their own topics.
Conference chair, William Bilancio, urged interested parties to register
online, saying, "Due to the additional costs of last-minute additions to
meals and other logistics, 'last minute' and 'at the door' registrations
are necessarily higher in price to account for this increase in
expenses. Registering on the website, on time, is the best way to attend
this conference". In addition to the higher price, late arrivals are not
guaranteed to receive conference gifts, including the thumb drives
containing presentation materials and conference bags. Register online
and on time by visiting http://www.picconf.org on the web.
LOPSA-NJ and the Professional IT Community Conference are dedicated to
fostering our local expert community and strengthening tomorrow's
computing infrastructure.
For Media Inquiries:
****Release #7****
Reduced Conference Rate for the Unemployed
LOPSA-NJ has announced a significant discount to all unemployed system
administrators wishing to attend the Professional IT Community Conference.
/New Brunswick, NJ/, April 30, 2010 – The New Jersey chapter of the
League of Professional System Administrators, an organization dedicated
to facilitating information exchange pertaining to the field of system
administration, announced today that, effective immediately, unemployed
system administrators will receive a special conference registration
priced at $99.
Conference chair William Billancio had this to say: "PICC is about
building community, a support network, and helping each other out. The
best way that we can think of to do that is to lend a hand to those of
us who are going through tough times. We want to make sure that everyone
who is interested in attending is able to."
Conference organizers have decided to lend a hand to any unemployed IT
workers who wish to come to the conference, but can't pay for the full
price, by lowering registration fees to $99. No proof of unemployment
will be required of attendees, and no further questions will be
asked. The conference will be held Friday, May 7th through Saturday, May
8th at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick.
The Professional IT Community Conference is a gathering of people from
the diverse IT community in New Jersey to learn, share ideas, and
network. The conference will include invited speakers and keynotes,
top-notch training sessions that are relevant, useful, and
recession-friendly, as well as an “unconference” track where attendees
propose and host their own topics.
LOPSA-NJ and the Professional IT Community Conference are dedicated to
fostering our local expert community and strengthening tomorrow's
computing infrastructure.
For Media Inquiries:
...thinking about what comes next...
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Gabriella Coleman <biella@nyu.edu
<mailto:biella@nyu.edu>> wrote:
Pamela,
I would love to see it. I am not sure if we have time to contact the PR
guy as I want to have it done by tomorrow but that is a very
generous offer.
Thanks and looking forward to meeting (you are coming to Debconf, I take
it?)
All best,
Biella
On 07/25/2010 05:51 PM, Pamela Lynn Howell wrote:
> Biela-
>
> We have a few we used for the LOPSA group's first PICC conference this
> year...if it'd help, I'd be happy to send them over to you. We
also used
> a currently-underworking-PR guy, who gave us some time for free, to
> write some stuff. I'd be happy to send him your message, see if
he'd be
> willing to help, or at least give you some pointers.
>
> ---pam 908.432.5854
>
> ...thinking about what comes next...
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Gabriella Coleman <biella@nyu.edu
<mailto:biella@nyu.edu>
> <mailto:biella@nyu.edu <mailto:biella@nyu.edu>>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am supposed to write a press release based on this but I am
wondering
> if anyone has the original press release as that would help a
lot. In
> fact, I have never written one and am not sure what I should
include so
> any model would help greatly.
>
>
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/DebConf10-Debian-Conference-Set-for-August-in-NYC-146412/
>
> If not, I will base it on this and what is on our website.
>
> Biella
>
> -
>
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> Department of Media, Culture, & Communication
> New York University
> 239 Greene St, 7th floor
> NY NY 10003
> 212-992-7696
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Department of Media, Culture, & Communication
New York University
239 Greene St, 7th floor
NY NY 10003
212-992-7696
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Gabriella_Coleman
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